Account-register.



G GLUNDT L J. REIDT.

ACCOUNT REGISTER.

APPLIGATION NLBD SEPT. 2a, 190e.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

WITNESSES ATTORN EY ANDREW. a. GRAHAM ca. mxmumocmmixs. wAsHmcron, n c.

CARL CLUNDT AND JOHN REIDT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ACCOUNT-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 23, 1908.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Serial No. 454,390.

To @ZZ whom 'it may concern:

Be it known thatl we, CARL CLUND'r and JOHN Rnm'r, both citizens of theUnited States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco andState of California, have invented new and useful improvements inAccount-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

Qur invention relates to ak system for keeping account of credit salesof merchandise.

ln grocery stores and elsewhere it is usual to make out sales slips induplicate or triplicate, giving the purchaser one of the slips, and theother going to the bookkeeping department where the proper entries inthe books are usually made. There a credit business is carried on, thecustomer is supposed to keep his slips, 'and the bill when rendered himby the store will tally with the total of these slips. Frequentmisunderstandings and disputes arise between the storekeeper andcustomer by reason of the latter losing' or misplacing one or more ofhis duplicate slips; and various other inconveniences arise by the usualsystem of keeping accounts. i The object of our invention is to providea system whereby the chances of error or misunderstanding arising willbe reduced to a minimum; and in which is employed, suitable envelops orholders for keeping not only a summary of the individual accounts, but

which envelop or holders will contain a facsimile of the account sliphanded the customer.

rEhe invention vconsists of the parts and the construction andcombination of parts as hereinafter' more fully described and claimed,having reference to the accompanying drawings., in which- Figure l is aperspective, partly broken away, of an envelop embodying our invention.Fig. Q is a vertical section of the envelop.

The envelops 2 constitute the principal feature of the presentinvention. They may be of any suitable size, shape and material. Usuallythey are made of stiff paper and are open at the top with a projectingtab member 8 in continuation with the back of the envelop, and on whichtab portion S may be written the name of the customer corresponding withthis envelop. The front of the envelop is provided with suitable meansfor removably holding a record or account sheet, as 9, as desired, alsoan underneath carbon l0 and an underneath duplicating record sheet ll.As here shown, he means for removably holding these register slips 9comprise a poc ret l2 at top and bottom of the front of the envelop, themouths of the pockets being opened toward each other, and each having aninturned clamping lip or strip 13 underneath which and against the frontof the envelop an end of the record strip is easily slipped, but whichclamp 13 serves to hold the slip or slips from being easily detached orpulled loose from the envelop. Usually these pockets are formed byfolding a strip of stiff paper which is either in continuation of thetop and the bottom of the front of the envelop, or may be pastedthereto, this strip of paper being folded twice on itself, so that theportion 13 projects into the pocket and coacts as a clamp, in the mannerdescribed, with the body of the envelop; a strip of suitable fabric letbeing pasted across the folded strip which carries the clamp 13, andclosing the sides of the pocket and being carried around and the endspasted on the back of the envelop. The record strips or slips 9-11 maybe of special design, or they may simply be slips from an ordinarymanifolding salesbook.

In practice, this account register is used in the following manner: Atthe beginning of the month, or whenever a credit account is opened, oneof these envelops is taken, the customers name written on the-tabportion 8, and a record sheet 9, and if desired, a duplicate sheet orslip l1 and carbon l0 are engaged in the pockets l2. When a sale is madeto this customer he is given the original tag, and the duplicate tag isplaced in the customers envelop after the salesman has made his entry onhis record sheet 9 showing the date of the sale, the number of the tagput in the envelop, and the total of the sale. The next day, or anyother time when a sale is made to this same customer, the operation isrepeated; the customer getting his original tag, the salesman making hisproper entry on his record sheet 9 and then placing the duplicate tag inthe customers envelop. F rom the tags in the envelop the bookkeepermakes up his books. The record sheet 9 thus becomes an itemized bill andis rendered to the customer at the proper time, the duplicate sheet ll,however, being placed in the customers envelop or otherwise preserved.ln this way all the tags of each customer are carefully kept together,and no chances for a dispute or misunderstanding over the loss of a tagby the customer may arise, and any discrepancy or error is easilycorrected.

In order to facilitate the insertion and the removal into the envelop ofthe limp tags, We may employ a folded strip 15 of stiiiish materialwhich acts as a supplemental holder to be inserted into the envelop withthe ends of this holder l5 projecting slightly above the mouth of theenvelop so as readily to be grasped by the fingers.

Having thus described our invention, What We claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is- 1. In an account register, an envelop having amain pocket adapted to receive record slips, and having supplemental topand bottom pockets on its front surface adapted to form holders for anaccount slip removed from the main pocket, said supplemental f pocketshaving means for engaging the account slip With a clamping action.

2. In an account register, a tag holder comprising an envelop memberopen at one end, the ends of the front of the envelop being returnedparallel .With said front to form outside pockets adapted to receive arecord tag, said pockets having their entrances presented toward eachother and the extremities of said ends being turned in- Wardly to engagethe inserted record tag.

3. In an accounting system, the combination of an envelop, and means forremovably holding a record sheet thereon, said last-named meanscomprising opposed pockets opening toward each other, with spring setour hands in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CARL CLUNDT. JOHN REIDT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. PnNmLn, D. B. RICHARDS.

